This past weekend, Saturday Night Live viewers were given a nice surprise, as Melissa McCarthy made a cameo appearance playing Press Secretary Sean Spicer. The impersonation was a big hit, being hailed as one of the show’s best political sketches in years. Of course, McCarthy’s appearance was just the latest in a long line of memorable […]
Continue ReadingThis past weekend, Saturday Night Live viewers were given a nice surprise, as Melissa McCarthy made a cameo appearance playing Press Secretary Sean Spicer. The impersonation was a big hit, being hailed as one of the show’s best political sketches in years. Of course, McCarthy’s appearance was just the latest in a long line of memorable […]
Continue ReadingThe voice behind Linda Belcher has a semi-autobiographical comedy in the works at HBO. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the network has put into development a dark musical comedy starring John Roberts (Bob’s Burgers) called Edison. Based on Roberts’s life, the show follows “a 40-year-old real estate broker who dreams of living life in the […]
Continue ReadingThe voice behind Linda Belcher has a semi-autobiographical comedy in the works at HBO. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the network has put into development a dark musical comedy starring John Roberts (Bob’s Burgers) called Edison. Based on Roberts’s life, the show follows “a 40-year-old real estate broker who dreams of living life in the […]
Continue ReadingLots of sketch pitches feature emojis. Most of them are just okay, because they rely on a kind of knee-jerk creative commentary on our modern world. The mere fact that emojis exist and serve as colorful proxies for our emotions and desires isn’t enough. Rebecca Blaine Carton and Kira McCarthy saw that and built something special. In the latest installment of […]
Continue ReadingStandup and former Daily Show producer Jena Friedman is set to direct her first film. According to Variety, Friedman will make her directorial debut with an upcoming comedy called Serial Killer starring Imogen Poots, Timothy Simons, and John Cho. The film follows a single 30-year-old New Yorker named Jane who meets a guy named Ted […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Late Night, where Seth Meyers takes “A Closer Look” at the Republicans’ “slash-and-burn” strategy to push through terrible cabinet appointees and what Democrats are doing — or more importantly, aren’t doing — to fight back. “Democrats have to do more than just be against things. They also have to […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Full Frontal, where Samantha Bee takes a closer look at the debate around sanctuary cities in the US, which are seen in a particularly negative light by the conservative crowd. “For the attentive Fox News viewer, sanctuary cities are dystopian hell pits of lawlessness where hordes of non-English-speaking illegal […]
Continue ReadingTBS’s comedy Angie Tribeca just got a premiere date. The network announced today that the show, which was renewed last year, returns for its season 3 premiere on Monday, April 10th at 10:30pm, and it’s got a huge list of guest stars slated to show up including Chris Pine, Natalie Portman, Niecy Nash, Jessica St. […]
Continue ReadingIt’s been a very busy day for Netflix premiere announcements, and the latest series to join the mix is Grace and Frankie. Deadline reports that the show, which got a very early season 3 renewal back in 2015, will return to the streaming network on Friday, March 24th. In addition to Grace and Frankie, season […]
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